wpe5.jpg (2127 bytes)U.P. TREE  IDENTIFICATION  KEY
from Michigan State University Extension

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  Leaf bases rounded,
  somewhat uneven.              Yellow Birch or Ironwood

          or

  Leaf bases even,
  mostly symmetrical         Paper Birch or Musclewood

         

You have selected a broad-leafed tree
with simple, unlobed, elliptical leaves
with finely-toothed shaggy margins.
 

Click on the "key" icon wpeF.jpg (1022 bytes) next to the description that best fits your sample. 
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This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, now retired.  He continues to respond to suggestions, questions, and corrections. Contact him at cookwi@msu.edu.